Three years ago in the fall I paddled up Whiskey Creek to witness the annual spectacle of kokanee salmon bottled up in the creek, waiting on uncertain rains for the chance to head upstream to spawn. I try to do… Continue Reading
It is with the greatest of sorrow that I share the sad news that Bill Siemer, an A News Cafe.com friend and contributor, died Sunday. He was 72. When I think of Bill I think of a tall slender man,… Continue Reading
William Earl Siemer: October 16, 1944 to November 13, 2016. Poet, naturalist, photographer, writer, journalist, attorney, peace activist, actor, husband, father, grandfather, brother and uncle were among the roles that engaged and endeared William “Bill” Siemer to his family and community.… Continue Reading
Hey man, you want a part in a monster movie? You want to play the monster? Impress your grand kids? Get your big chance? Money? For one day of stardom? Forget it! I’ll pick you up at 9 a.m. Bring… Continue Reading
Shakespeare is bringing challenges and excitement to the Shasta College cast and crew, who have been working hard to present Redding residents with the unique opportunity to view the Bard’s, As You Like It. The play is directed by Dr.… Continue Reading
Arachnophobes beware! The Sacramento River has been taken over by big, black spiders. Well, not really. But, as almost everyone who walks the Sacramento River Trail has noticed, there has been a tremendous increase in both spiders and webs in… Continue Reading
Editor’s note: We have an update to reporter Bill Siemer’s Oct. 13 story about Ralph C. Davie, a Redding Vietnam veteran who has filed a complaint against the Shasta County Veterans Services Office. Yesterday, Siemer spoke with Larry Lees, Shasta… Continue Reading
Sam runs the halfway house that the men in this story live in. It’s a two bedroom, one bath house that has been modified to hold ten adult men, who sleep in bunk beds, crowd around the solid, wooden table… Continue Reading
Scotty’s a thirty-six-year-old street fighter. Has a broad face like a pit bull, tuft of blond hair under his lower lip, a weight lifter’s upper body. He’s had cuts over his pale green eyes, his pug nose broken, his left… Continue Reading
Jerry is sitting at the metal picnic table outside the halfway house. This is the spot, he says, where God talks to him, where he has visions and hears the word, things that are so magnificent they are difficult for… Continue Reading
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